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After living at various countries in Asia for 14 years we have decided to move back to the US. The hope is June 2021. Need to get my wife through immigration and get our 8 year old son established to a good school in the Charlotte area.
What area's by experience are the ones to focus on?
Also looking at new builds. Any good/bad advise about builders?
Very broad and therefore difficult to answer questions. Lots of nice areas both in and around Charlotte. Budget, work location, school needs and transportation access/ability all play heavily into the equation. I assume your wife is Vietnamese? Is she comfortable driving in the US? Is your son ready to jump right into a US school? Where will you be working (and I'm sure you don't know that, but "Charlotte" can take an hour and half to transverse at rush hour and you don't want to do that every day).
Definitely plan on renting at first until you're settled on a job and school location.
The priority is school and home. I am semi retired and wife has the ability to drive. My concern will be the little time to establish the school. He has attended International School so the transition should not be too difficult.
Your best schools will be around south Charlotte, Weddington, Ballantyne, Waxhaw, Marvin, and across the NC/SC border in Fort Mill. But most of those areas are pretty expensive so your budget will be the biggest determining factor.
Your best schools will be around south Charlotte, Weddington, Ballantyne, Waxhaw, Marvin, and across the NC/SC border in Fort Mill. But most of those areas are pretty expensive so your budget will be the biggest determining factor.
Quality of schools was an OP question, the answer given encompassed a wide variety of schooling choices.
If I asked a realtor a question and they answered me (or circumvented the question) based on that mythical stretch of the realty ethics code, I'd find a new realtor.
I’m sure you didn’t mean to imply that I’m steering, as the NAR defines steering as...” the process of influencing a buyer’s choice of communities based upon the buyer’s race, color, religion, gender, disability, familial status, or national origin”. It does mention not using “code words” or actively discouraging any specific areas or schools...neither of which I have done or would ever do.
I define best schools based on what areas have the highest ratings, have the homes with the best marketability due to those schools’ performance, and word of mouth from my family, as I do not have children of my own. So by best, I mean best for anyone wanting to put their child in a high performing school. Yes there are good schools across the city and yes there are low performing schools across the city, but if you look at test scores and ratings across the board, the south side of the city has the highest scores.
At no point did I assume or mention anyone’s race, color, religion, any of that in my response, so at no point was I steering in the legal sense or coming close to it. “Best schools” is not code for anything and does not disregard any schools at all, and I am not actively discouraging any specific parts of the city or schools. Just answering a question. I’m not sure what you’re trying to imply with that stretch.
Last edited by MikeyRocksNC; 10-29-2020 at 06:59 AM..
I’m sure you didn’t mean to imply that I’m steering, as the NAR defines steering as...” the process of influencing a buyer’s choice of communities based upon the buyer’s race, color, religion, gender, disability, familial status, or national origin”. It does mention not using “code words” or actively discouraging any specific areas or schools...neither of which I have done or would ever do.
I define best schools based on what areas have the highest ratings, have the homes with the best marketability due to those schools’ performance, and word of mouth from my family, as I do not have children of my own. So by best, I mean best for anyone wanting to put their child in a high performing school. Yes there are good schools across the city and yes there are low performing schools across the city, but if you look at test scores and ratings across the board, the south side of the city has the highest scores.
At no point did I assume or mention anyone’s race, color, religion, any of that in my response, so at no point was I steering in the legal sense or coming close to it. “Best schools” is not code for anything and does not disregard any schools at all, and I am not actively discouraging any specific parts of the city or schools. Just answering a question. I’m not sure what you’re trying to imply with that stretch.
Per the NAR:
"A buyer who wants a home in the Abraham Lincoln school district is providing an objective criterion for a home search. An agent can clearly identify and find housing in that school district. On the other hand, a buyer wanting a home in a “good school district” is unclear about what he or she wants. Is it the school with the best football team, the most AP students, the newest facility, or something else? Agents attempting to choose homes based on this kind of request substitute their own judgment for the buyer’s regarding what makes a school good."
I don't think I've ever met a Realtor who would offer any opinion on schools. Its a huge red flag for them, and the smart ones only refer such questions to the school district, or to third party sources of information, like the NC School Report Card.
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